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Shouts & Murmurs

Reality Shows for Your Thirties

By Michael Lukk Litwak
January 14, 2026
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Four people standing around a man holding a birthday cake.
Threelevel bunkbed with parents and children.
Flava Flav with outstretched forearms.
Ashton Kutcher filming man who is looking at medical bill with deep concern.
Xzibit and a stroller with milk bottles attached.
Hand holding phone displaying dating app.

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Michael Lukk Litwak is a filmmaker and a cartoonist who has contributed to The New Yorker since 2024. His sci-fi romantic comedy “Molli and Max in the Future” premièred at SXSW in 2023.
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